Wall construction



G, F. VOIGHT WALL CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. l, 1922 2 Sheets-Shes'. l

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Application led III-December 1, 1922. -Seral No. 604,389.

Awall construction particularly adapted for frame buildings employing a wall covering of sheathing boards secured to the frame-l work of the building and upon the outer side of which is disposed a coating of cement or plaster reinforced with a metal grill; and one of the objects of the invention is the provision of furring units for securing the grill to the sheathing boards and furring it a proper distance outwardlyv therefrom.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of furring units embodying 'yaJ pair of oppositely disposed` cooperable members over and against which the reinforcing grill is stretched, and between which members a fastening staple or nail is adapted to be driven for securing the grill to the sheathing boards, the nail being operably drivable into the sheathing boards to an eXtentVwhereby no portion of it will project outwardly beyond the face of said members where it would be liable to be engaged by the plasterers trowel and interfere with the proper operation thereof when applying the :.lastic material to the reinforcement.

W ith. the foregoing and still further objects and purposes in view which will appear as the description proceeds, my linvention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it

being understood thatpchanges in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

ln. the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a portion of 'a wall embodying my invention, but not showingthe cement coating; l

Figure 2 1s a plan view of one of the furring units;

igure 3 is a side elevation of one of the furring'units;

Figure 4f's alongitudinal sectional view on line Ll--lh Fig. 2;

F'gure 5 is a orosL section on line 5 5, Fig. 2; f

FFigure 6 is a cross section on line 6-6, i 2' iglire 7 is a sectional view approximately on line 7-7, Fig. 1, also showing a section of plastic composition in the immediate rear of thefurring unit;

Figure 8 is a perspective view of one of the furring units; y

Figure 9 is a perspective view of one of the ferr-ing units in a modified form;

Figure 10 is a plan view of one of the units in its modified form; and

Figure 11 is a view on line 11--11, Fig. 10.

Referring to the drawings in detail, throughout which like reference characters designate Alike parts- The numeral 12 designates a section of a sheathing board as secured to the outer side of the wall of the building, upon the outer side is disposed builders paper 13. (While the builders paper 13 is shown and described as forming part of the wall structure to which my device is applied, it is not eS- sential for the proper application thereof, and play, therefore, be entirely eliminated and the lastic material applied directly to the sheat ing boards 12.)

At regular intervals along the face of the paper 13, referably in staggered order, are disposed urring-nnits 1l, which comprise, each, a. rear sill 15 adapted to seat against the paper 13 and provided at either end with risers 16, which support one end of laterally spaced apart grill supporting bars 17, the opposite ends of which bars supported by rlsers 19, the lower ends ,of which terminating in sills 18, the latter adap to seat against the paper 13 a d are provided at the free ends with prongs 0, which are adapted to be driven through the aper into the sheathing boards as far as t e sills 18 pertot The free ends of t e sills 18 bein extended forwardly of the bars 17 principa y for the purpose ofrovidin :11Min/S0 1t' Stil; II

er y not ample room for the p dentally 'strike the bars while driving the prongs 20. (In order to make clear the construction of the units 14, I will here state that in the description the outer or free ends of the sills 18 are to be taken as forming part of the heads of the prongs 20.)

Across the furring units 14 and engaging' the bars ,17 is disposed a metal grill 21, which in the present instance comprises ordinary poultry-netting embodying a. pluality of inter-twisted wires 22 forming heX- agonal meshes 23.

Cooperable with each of the furringunits 14 is a fastening staple 24, which is dispo-sed intermediatethe beams 17 of the unit and straddles one of the wires 22 from the outer-side thereof and is driven into the board 12, through the paper 13, until its head 26 'is approximately on a line with the outer surfaceof the bars 17 and the wire 22 drawn down slightly below the face of the beams (see Figs. 1 and 7).

It is obvious that the construction above set forth provides an outer surface forv the reinforcing grill free from any metal projections that interfere with the proper operation of the trowel in the application of the plastic material.

27 designates the plastic comiosition. which is spread on the paper 13 an on an around the furring units 14 andthe grill 21. Said furring units and grill forming the reinforcement lfor the plastic composition.

In Fig. 1, the numeral 28 designates portions of the grill formed by twisting two wires together.

It is obvious from the drawings that the ing units 14 may be constructed from suitable wire, preferably out of what is known as nail wire.

In the modified 'form of the invention, vshown in Figs. 9, 10,and 11 of the drawings, I substitute a sheet metal strip for the wire and bend this flat-ways into a loop similar in form to the preferred form of unit. One ofthe edges o which sheet metal unit being adapt'ed to seat against the-paper 13 and the other edge to engage and su port the grill wires. The free ends of t e loop being formed with spurs 3,vwhicl1 are adapted to be driven into thev sheathing boards for the units thereto. The several members formin I I claim :7.- l 1. A furrin unit having lateral y op sitely disposerwire supporting bars haviii) one end unitarily connected together, one o said bars having a fastening prong.

2. A furring unit having a pair of laterally oppositely disposed wire supporting bars, a connection between corresponding ends of said bars, and fastening prongs on the other ends of said bars.

3. A furring unit comprising two staplelike sections disposed along side of each other, one end of said sections unitarily oonnected together, and means on said unit adapted for securing it to a support.

4. A furring unlt Ahaving a fastening prong at one end for securing it to a sheathing board and having a pair of laterally spacedl apart bars coo erable for engaging and supporting a rein orcing grill at a distance outwardly from said board.

5. A plurality of furring units adapted to be secured to a sheathing board, each of ysaid units comprising sills supporting outstandingbars adapted for recelving and supporting a reinforcing grill, and a fastening nail disposed along opposed sides of said bars and adapted to be driven a distance in said board for securing the 'll thereto.

6. In means of the calii'acter described, a furring unit embodying a len h of wire bent double thereby disposing. e free ends of said wire at the 'same end of the unit, sills at one end of the unit, and laterally spaced apart supporting bars having one end supported by said sills. l

In testimony of the foregoing being my own, I have hereunto aiiixed my signature this 24th day of November,` 1922.

' GEORGE F. voIGHT. 

